Display container



' March 13,1928.

G. w. HARDEE 1662744 DISPLAY CONTAINER Filed Oct. 27. 1926 Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

UNITED STATES GEORGE W. HARDEE, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

DISPLAY CONTAINER.

Application led October 27, 1926. Serial No. 144,539.

The present invention relates to improve Y ments in display containers and has for an object to provide an improved display `container fork cigars and other articles, in which the cigars will be attractively and prominently displayed and in which lthe construc tion of the display container will be simple, nexpensive and such as to preserve the cigars or otherarticles in a fresh state, free' from contamination. i

With the foregoing vand other objects in view, the invent-lon will be more fully de-` scribed hereinafter, and will be more partic- .ularly pointed out in the'clairns appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols re-v fer to the like or corresponding parts .throughoutv the several views: f

Figure 1 is ka fragmentary perspective 2O yview of an improvedfdisplay container constructed according to the present invention;

Figure`2 is a. top ,plan view of the container inthe open position with the lid partly broken away; ,f 1

Figure 3 isla longitudinal section taken on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Y

Figure 4 isa cross-section taken on the line 4-4also in Figure'2; and

Figure is a perspectiveview of the false bottom of the container.

Referring more particularly to the draw-A ings, the container consists of a box and lid 6, hinged' as indicated at 7 to the rear wall 8 ofthe box or container body, which is com- '35 posed of the'botto'm 9, the l.front and rear walls 8 and 10 and the end walls 11 and 12. `These various walls -are assembled upon the` bottom in anyl approved manner and secured thereto. The end walls 11 and 12 are preferabl higher than the front and yrear walls 8 an `10, and the hinged cover '6 is adapted to be received between the projecting upper ends of said end walls 11 and 12. The cover may be `secured in closed position as by the use of the catch indicated at 13.

In accordance with the invention,"a false bottom 14, illustrated in Fig. 5, is adapted to be placed upon the fixed bottom 9 of the container body, such false bottom being smaller in both longitudinal and lateral di mensions than said bottom 9 and it ma be secured to the bottom 9 by the use o an adhesive or by the use of certain nails or pins, which are driven into the false bottom from the upper portion thereof and at substantiallyright angles to the plane of the false'bottom. These nails or pins are arranged in groups composed of a pair of'laterally spaced upper pins 15 and 16,fa second l pair of laterally spaced pins 17 and 18V and end pins 19 and 20. The pins 15, 16 and 17 18 are spaced from one another a distance somewhat in excess of the width of a cigar,

in order to receive the cigar between the pins,

such pins being intended to hold the cigar against lateral movement, while the pins'19 and 20 are spaced at such distance from one another as to prevent any longitudinal shift- Y ing of thecigar in the case.

The pins 15 and 17 act in a dual capacity and provide with other pins 21 and 22, which are laterally spaced therefrom, means tor-receive a second 'cigar and to prevent its lateral shifting movement while the end pins 23 and,

24 perform a likefunction in preventing the longitudinal movement of the cigar.

The head pins19 and`20 at kone end of the false bottom and similar head pins 25 and 26 at the other corner portions of the false bottom`14 are adapted to be driven to some extent into the real or permanent bottom 9fof the container body, whereby to vsecure the false bottom 14y in n l place and againstany tendency to shift, which ,would destroy the symmetrical arrangement.

. The false bottom is vadapted to receive a wad of cotton or other appropriate material 27, which `willfit over the various pins and against the false bottom 14 and permit impressions to vbe made therein between the pin groups for the purpose ofyforming pockets for the cigarsl indicated-at 28. The cotton or appropriatewaddingwill form a .cushioned backing forthe cigars, spacing the cigars from the pins and cushioning the cigars and preventing injury thereto. l The front and rear andthe end walls ,of the fbox body `are provided with a `shoulder 29 eX- tending around in a rectangular open arrangement,y said shoulder being spaced above the permanent and false bottoms of the container and being preferably secured at or about the upper edges of the front and back walls 8 and 10. The shoulder is also preferably rectangular in cross-section, as indicated in Fig. 4 and is covered with a coating of tinfoil 30 or other suitable material. Upon this shoulder is supported a transpar-f los ent panel 31 of mica'or like material, which is secured inplace by the nails or other fastenings 32 driven through the'panel and into the shoulder 29.

In the use of the device a cigar box having a box body and lid, as indicated, may be selected and equipped With the shouldcr'QQ and false bottom 14, after which the cotton Wadding, preferably a colored Wedding' for adding to the attractiveness of the display, is placed `upon the `false bottom and pushed in and about the various pins thereon untilV suitableV impressions are made to4 receive the cigars.` The arrangement of the pin-groupings may bechanged to `suit different Widths and lengths of cigars and an attractive symg metrical arrangement 1s indicated in Figs.

land 2. .The micafpanel is then` secured" "over the cigars and cotton Wedding and preferably the cotton will be .filled in to "isuch an extent as to press the cigarsragainstA the panel.

The panel is secured to the :tin-

foih coatedshoulder 29. The tinfoil will shovv through the mica and form an atti-active frame for the'cigar display.

`vice may be used by salesmen or upon the The de counters ot cigar stores for the displaying `of cigars and like merchandise.

The shoulderQQon the rear Wall 8 also forms a convenient meansto hold the legend f strips 33 for designating the sizes, character,

c etc.- ofthecigarsor otherarticles. This "shoulder" also serves to `tuckf theI cotton, etc.

under tovexpose a trim, regular and 'even "edgeto View.

" While I haveV described the pins as being secured to a, false bottom, it is to be understood that' the same may be attached tothe real bottom and perform, their functions in.

the same manner. Y

`The invention also acts to space the larti-V ,cles at uniform intervals from eachother,

. andthe resiliencyfof the cushioning material hol-ds articles ofdiil'erent length,I `diameter @and shape,so their-,ltop'surfaces are in the same plane (viz, `against the transparentV Y panel,which1in turnholds the cigars down, fso as to cause the impressions inthe wadding).` Such resiliency so presentsA the arti- .cles to viewv and examination` that the sidesV as Well asthe tops, are clearly visible and the *'Wholeshape, dimensions and pro ortions of theart'icles are readily perceptib e.

It will be understood thatall fourfwalls ding.

may be used to hold the legend strips, thus providing-for a great number of such strips. While the panel has been described as of ..mica, itmay Vbe made of any other material,

the constructioml combination and `arrangement oparts could be made, which Vcouldfbe used Without vdeparting Vfrom the spirit `-of my invention, and I do not `mean to limit the invention toL such details,` except v as particularly pointed out inthe claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire tof-securebyLettersiPatent'of the United States isi y l; `A display construction comprising a box` body, lhea-ded pins mountedthereinin a relative conformation approximatingwthe shfapeof, but greateriin-dimension than the articl'eito be displayed, saidpins :having their heads disposed upwardly spacedfrom the bottom of `the boxbody, `and a Wfadding material compacted'inuthe box body and in yand about-s`aid-heafded pins and f being caught under the heads of `said pins,v said Wadding *having-i embedded therein VWithin the confines of the pins spaces offanfoutl'ine tof" snugly receive the.` articles* to'be displayed.

2. A display construction comprising a box body, headed-pins mountedltherein in a `relative conformation approximating the shape of, but greaterin dimension than the article to be displayed, said vpins `having their heads disposed uplwardlyspaced from the bottoni of` the box body, and a :Wedding material `compacted in the box body and in and about said headed f insd and being caught under the heads'o `saidfpins, Asaid Wadpding having embedded tl'ierein Within the confines of the pins spaces 1 of an' outlineV to snugly receive the `articles to be displayed,

andatransparent covering for the boxbody -compressing tightly against the upper surfaces of the 4embeddedarticles andsaid wad- Geom-inw. Hannan."

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